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Articles from April 2010

Womens Safari Shirts & Blouses

Part of the series on Safari Clothing for Women, this article will take a look at women’s safari blouses and shirts and just because you are in the bush, does not mean that you can’t have style. There are many lovely fitted safari tops especially for women, but there are also a few pointers that [...]

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Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas)

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas is also known as the Scimitar-billed wood-hoopoe in some parts of Africa, or Itaki’ Bafazi translated as ‘laughing women’ – is the Xhosa name for the Common Scimitarbil Wood Hoopoe which makes an incessant chattering sound, usually started by a single bird and then taken up by the entire flock. It is essentially [...]

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Kurrichane Thrush (Turdus libonyanus)

The Kurrichane Thrush (Turdus libonyanus), a relative of the European Blackbird, finds much of its food while it forages swiftly on foot on the forest floor. It was named by the Scottish doctor, explorer and naturalist Andrew Smith who first discovered it in the late 19th century near Kurrichane, the capital of an African tribe [...]

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Mens Safari Shirts

What clothes to wear on your holiday can seem trivial to some people, but when you are on a safari holiday wearing the correct clothes is less about fashion and more about comfort as well as blending into your environment helping you to get as close to the wildlife you came to see as possible. [...]

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